Recording of heritage buildings: from measured drawing to 3D laser scanning

This entry is a transcription of the opening keynote for the two-day international, peer reviewed conference held at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL on November 10-11 2016. It was simultaneously published in the book, "Drawing Futures - Speculations in Contemporary Drawing for Art and Architecture", edited by Laura Allen and Luke Caspar Pearson. It outlines my 30 years of speculative architectural drawing

Stephan Balkenhol

Migayrou provides a comprehensive examination of the immanence of the figure in Balkenhol's wooden sculptures, contextualized within the modernist tradition. In an interview, the artist articulates his intent and process. Biographical notes. 19 bibl. ref

Dan Graham, Jeff Wall : "Children's Pavilion" : Collection FRAC Rhône-Alpes 1989

Wall and Graham describe their use of commercial images of idealized children and concepts from Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture. Migayrou writes that Wall's images of children oppose a totalizing view of global culture by demonstrating difference and communication while acknowledging how children reproduce social structures and alienation. Biographical notes. 33 bibl. ref

Theatergarden Bestiarium : The Garden as Theater as Museum

Documents the interpretation by 13 artists of the Renaissance theatre-garden concept into a contemporary museum spectacle. Includes drawings, notes and plans. The authors discuss the evolution of theaters in gardens and how architecture relates to its context. Biographical notes. 81 bibl. ref

Visite aux armées : Tourismes de guerre = Back to The Front : Tourisms of War

For the presentation of an installation in Normandie through which architects/artists Diller and Scofidio question the fabrication of the aura and the authenticity of American historical tourist sites, the texts (including one short story) probe the multi-levelled connections between war and tourism, the D-Day landings of 1944, the hyper-mediatisation of conflicts, the history of perspective, the function of memorials, etc. Biographical notes on the artists and the five essayists. 109 bibl. ref